Just listened to this, it's really killer.
As they've gone on, these guys have gotten ****ing fantastic at seamlessly fusing old school epic style sections with crushingly heavy ones, like they do all over World Of War. That song was like someone mashed together a Keepers track & on off Dark Ride. I shat.
Speaking of Keepers, they really have re-discovered that sound & combined it with that unique flavor the Deris-era material's always had, to badass effect.
Hold Me was weak & almost killed the momentum, but the title track brought it back in a big way, & it killed straight through 'til the end.
This is a serious contender with Raw & Dark Ride for their best. One of those microcosm albums only a band with as prolific a back-catalogue as these guys have can do. Might be a little early to say, but this might be my new recommendation to newcomers for that very reason. What an album.